A call to action too strong to ignore

1:22 PM,
Jun. 28, 2013

Written by

Laura Eshelman
OPINION

I heard police fastening zip ties around the wrists of my fellow protesters before I could see it happening. There were 57 of us on May 20 who voluntarily remained in the state General Assembly lobby after a high-frequency police bullhorn announced that we had five minutes to disperse or be placed under arrest. I focused on not passing out from the heat and my nerves for what seemed like forever before the chief of the General Assembly police, Jeff Weaver, ordered me to turn around with my hands behind my back. One by one, law enforcement cuffed and led each one of us away without incident.